Tflzxes ses



(No Model.)

C. G. UDBLL.

GOAT RACK.

No. 372,502. Patented Nov. 1, 1887.

J3 ad s L Mw ai, 09; y

ANrrnn ytFICE@ CALVIN Gv. UDELL, OF NORTII INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

COATi RACK.

SPECIFICATION foi'izing part of Letters Patent No, 372,502, dated November l, 1887.

Application filed May 10, 1887.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Beit known that I, CALVIN G. UDELL, of North Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana,ha\'e invented certain newand useful Improvements in Coat-Itacks and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

My invention consists in an improved construct-ion of eoatracks, and will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings, Figure I represents afront view of my device, the middle hook being` re moved. Fig. 2 represents a side view of one of the hooks, showing the method of attachment to the wooden strip or board. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the hook. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the upper ing, Z, and its notch n, through which the pinp passes.

My device is constructed as follows: The brackets are made, in the form shown in Fig. 2, of malleable iron, and have Ithree hooks, an upper one, li, an intermediate one, 7L', which is next in length, and a lower and shorter one, h2. The back is provided with two lugs, the upper one, Z, having a notch, n, toA admit the passage of the pinp. The lowering, Z, is made solid.

sisastrip of wood about forty inches in length, three'inchcs in width, and from threeeighths to halt' an inch in thickness,in which holes 0 are bored in pairs, one above another, ata distance of eight inches apart. In the upper edge of this strip holes are bored to admit the pins p. The holes o of the strip are made of sufiieient size to receive the lugsllof the brackets, and when these are inserted the pins p are driven in theholes madein the edge of the strip, so that each pin wiii pass through Serial No. lV/,736. (No modeLi the notch a of the upper lug, Z, thus securing it rmly to the strip, and these pins may be easily drawn by a knife, when desired, the brackets removed from the strips, and the whole device packed up in convenient form for shipment. The brackets being fastened to the strip, ordinary wire eyes, e, are screwed into the edge ofthe strip for hanging the device upon the wall.

form of the rack having three hooks of different lengths, one above the other, and secured to a strip; second, in the peculiar method herein shown of fastening the brackets to the wooden strip or back, and, third, in the co1n bination of the several parts, as hereinbefore described.

XVhat I eiairn as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

l. A bracket eomprisi ng two or more hooks, one above the other, provided with lugs upon the back for entering holes in the back strip, the upper one of which is notched to admit the passage of the pin for securing the device to such back strip, in combination with such back strip, the pin p for eonnecti ng the parts, and means for suspending the saine, substantiaily as shown and described.

2. A bracket for clothesracks, comprising the hooks h 7L h2, with upper lug, Z, having a notch, and lower ing, Z, the back strip, s, having openings to receive the lugs, the pin for uniting theparts, with eyes e for suspending the same, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto hand this 6th day of May, 1887.

CALVIN G. UDELL.

Set niy QSSCS:

J Acons,

FIC)

GRIFFITH.

My invention therefore consists, first, in the u 

